Monthly Archives: August 2012

I keep getting triggered by events that are beyond my control or my comprehension. When you are a survivor of childhood sex abuse and you see that it keeps happening and that the society which has criminalized it doesn’t really … Continue reading →

August 27, 2012 Dear Chief Erwin, I haven’t met you yet, though I anticipate that some day I will. I read about you today and feel as if I know you already. In an interview with the Associated Press you … Continue reading →

My father died before I had forged any memories of him. He was only 41 and it was just past my second birthday when he suffered a massive heart attack and passed away. I grew up with a fear of … Continue reading →

Today I saw a sight that ripped straight to the core of my humanity. In a steady rain an apparently homeless woman walked down the driveway from the Wisconsin State Capitol. At the bottom of the driveway she stopped, then knelt … Continue reading →

A certain numbness settled on me as the day wore on yesterday. For hours it was the only response I could muster to the horrific shooting just down the Interstate in suburban Milwaukee. As unsettling and depressing as the Dark Knight shooting in … Continue reading →